Hi Guys,
I am new to the Android community (got the HTC Magic - Vodafone yesterday) and I love it! Just wondering if the ability to create submenus in the main menu screen comes standard?
Example: I would like to group applications together under a folder rather than just having all the applications in alphabetical order in the main menu screen. (eg all GPS apps would be in a sub menu called GPS, all games would be in sub menu called Games etc)
Thanks in advance!
Charltz
Hi,
I don't think you can change the main menu.... you can however create folders on your homescreen and drag-and-drop your apps in there...
Cheers
B
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i just downloaded a homescreen, put the files in Application Data/Home,but when i go to settings, I don't see a homescreen button. when i go to settings/today button, i don't see it under themes. how am i supposed to be able to use these homescreens? i have an o2 xda neo with WM5
any help is appreciated TIA
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new o2neo user
new wm5 user
new xda-developers forum user
'Home screens' are for Smartphones. The Prophet / Neo is a Phone edition pocket PC.
The main difference is the OS and the touch screen (or the lack of it in smartphones).
You can only use 'Today themes' (tsk files) and 'Today plugins' (usually come in a cab file).
Hi,
I just installed the official 6.5 update but I think the WM 6.5 "Honeycomb" start menu is that damn slow when you got a lot of programs there. You have to scroll a lot and scrolling doesn't look very fluid.
Is there a way or a registry hack to get back the old HTC start menu that was delivered when the Diamond2 originally came out? The best would be if there where 4 icons in a row.
I've added a snapshot to show what I mean. Yes, as you can see on the snapshot I'm back to 6.1
My startmenu is very fluid to be honest, I got my programs and stuff sorted in folders. Like games, media (coreplayer etc), network (commanager etc), personal (phone, sms, email etc), GPS, system (total commander, resco explorer, reg edit etc). I will install SPB Screenshot and show you how it looks.
Here you go.
metacortexx said:
Hi,
I just installed the official 6.5 update but I think the WM 6.5 "Honeycomb" start menu is that damn slow when you got a lot of programs there. You have to scroll a lot and scrolling doesn't look very fluid.
Is there a way or a registry hack to get back the old HTC start menu that was delivered when the Diamond2 originally came out? The best would be if there where 4 icons in a row.
I've added a snapshot to show what I mean. Yes, as you can see on the snapshot I'm back to 6.1
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Its still there under the programs tab... ? or at least it is on mine...
sorry if this is a noob question, but how do i add folders to the start menu like you've done? and change icons?
I have done the same thing that you have done, Created folders in the start menu, to do this you just go to windows/startmenu and create folders in there.
However every time I soft reset my device, extra icons appear on the main start page screen. Is there any way to remove these?
I would love to go back to the HTC Start Menu as it was so much better, I know it is on a Tab on Touch Flow 3D but it defeats the point in having a hardware button to launch programs!
colin_85 said:
I have done the same thing that you have done, Created folders in the start menu, to do this you just go to windows/startmenu and create folders in there.
However every time I soft reset my device, extra icons appear on the main start page screen. Is there any way to remove these?
I would love to go back to the HTC Start Menu as it was so much better, I know it is on a Tab on Touch Flow 3D but it defeats the point in having a hardware button to launch programs!
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I totally agree. The current Startmenu lack the support for hiding items en ordering them. Love to find a solution.
I do not have any issues restructuring my start menu.
The only icons I keep on the main page are Phone and Reset, everything else is in a sub-folder and does not add icons to the main page.
Bruce Inman said:
I do not have any issues restructuring my start menu.
The only icons I keep on the main page are Phone and Reset, everything else is in a sub-folder and does not add icons to the main page.
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True, but the TouchFlo "Programs" was much easier.
So am I the only one who's missing the drop-down menu when you tap the Start button - you know, the one that lists seven favourites and your four or five most recent programs?
Why should I navigate the Honeycomb every time I want to go to a program I use about 30 times a day?
Any fixes/hacks to bring this back? Or am I being really stupid and there's a simple option that I haven't found yet?
colin_85 said:
I would love to go back to the HTC Start Menu as it was so much better, I know it is on a Tab on Touch Flow 3D but it defeats the point in having a hardware button to launch programs!
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You can do this with Topaz Keyboard Controller: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555821
Map the Start button to run the program "\Windows\manila.exe" with arguments "--switchtopage programs.page", and it should work perfectly - does for me.
Hi, the HD2 is my first Windows Mobile Device, I've never used that OS before. So i got a simple question, is it possible to remove icon in the start menu? There's some like Facebook, Bing, Copilot, Help, Google Maps etc that I never use, so having them wasting space in the start menu is not in my interest.
Thanks
Open in file explorer windows\start menu\programs and delete shortcuts
Weiri cant find that directory :S
Stoferr said:
Weiri cant find that directory :S
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In file explorer, push -> Menu -> and then show all files.
Deleted Icons Reappear
I have an issue with this on my HD2. I wanted the HTC icons (twitter, music, people, etc.) to be in a seperate HTC folder in the start menu. I cut the icons from the Programs folder and pasted them in the HTC folder that I had previously made.
Here comes the issue: after a while, the icons reappear in the start menu, while they are also in my HTC folder. The icons that reappear are blank.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a million,
Bruce
bruce007 said:
I have an issue with this on my HD2. I wanted the HTC icons (twitter, music, people, etc.) to be in a seperate HTC folder in the start menu. I cut the icons from the Programs folder and pasted them in the HTC folder that I had previously made.
Here comes the issue: after a while, the icons reappear in the start menu, while they are also in my HTC folder. The icons that reappear are blank.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a million,
Bruce
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Here is a trick that permanently delete HTC Icons from Start Menu
It's under tip mumber 42
Just what I needed Braakie. Thanks so much! Nice list there btw, thanks for that too!
Hi,
Coming from Windows Mobile and the "Manila" HTC Sense UI there - I miss the menu/shortcut where I had easy access to a selection of shortcuts to create a new sms/e-mail/appointment/task etc.
Is there any app or other way to create sometning similar - for instance as shortcuts on a home screen? I looked a bit at AnyCut, but I can't see how one can create such shortcuts from there...
Part of the problem here, I guess, is that I use quite a mix of software for these assignments (K9mail, Got To Do, HTC Calendar, HTC Messaging etc).
Any inputs are welcome, thanks!
I don't know if this is what you're talking about, but when you press the customize button/ long click on the main homescreen near the bottom of that screen (Above folders) is Shorcut button where you can add shortcuts to the home screen Have a look in there and see if any of those are what you want
I think he wants a group of direct shortcuts to, for example, "compose new message", "add new appointment", etc..
Basically, a "new..." menu.
You could use LauncherPro (or ADWLauncher, I assume) to do it, as long as you're not married to your Sense widgets. Long-press on the desktop, shortcuts -> activities, and experiment from there.
You could bundle all the shortcuts together in a folder on your desktop and call it a day.
I wonder if there's a widget that can do it, though.
catachresistant is on the right track...
You can put shortcuts into folders with sense too....
Is there a way to create a folder/s in the menu and put the applications on it ?
I want to put all of my games (icons) into 1 folder called games.
And some applications into another folder.
Im using CM7 btw..
Thanks.
There are a few apps that allow you to put apps into folders - normally for the homescreen, but actually having folders, a-la windows 6.5, i havent seen im afraid.
Yea, the folderes r not in the home screen.
In the menu, when window button pressed, there is Setup Group option, but when i choose it, it says "You can not setup this group"
Thanks for ur answer btw kinsago
You have to create a new group, then set it up. You can't edit the original group. After you make the new group you can exclude apps though. I still wish there was a way to put folders in the app drawer though, it's a mess with a ton of apps all just thrown in there alphabetically.
-HD2 Android-
huggs said:
it's a mess with a ton of apps all just thrown in there alphabetically.
-HD2 Android-
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Exactly.
So no way to do this at all ?..
You can make a new group/catalog (let's call it "Games") using menu at app drawer. Then scroll right - you'll see empty screen. Now you can setup this group - by choosing which applications (games) should be visible on it. This way you've got main screen with all aplications, but by scrolling horizontal you can choose another groups with chosen apps (Games, Office and so on)
I also do not know any way to create folders at main App drawer screen
Yea, i got it.
The problem is the app icon not moved to the group, still in the main App drawer, just like copying instead of cut.